"Started on the small hills in small competitions in club competitions, when I was around 14, 15. Then I began to compete in the Regional Cup," said Andreas Myhre of Norway.

The Silver Mine hill itself is about 90 meters long and that comes out to be about 9 school buses in a row. The scaffold tops about 150 feet in the air, and skiers will fly off the inrun at about 52mph.

Andreas says he's been ski jumping for 9 years now and took it up because he thought it would be fun.

"It looks fun on the TV and exciting and I did the cross country when I was little. It got a little boring and I wanted more action so I started jumping on the field in my backyard at home," said Myhre.

Meanwhile last year's winner of the North American Ski Championship from Finland hopes to make top three this year. He says he started ski jumping when he was only 3 years old.

"I'm really excited for this new hill. I only jumped the adult hill 3 times. Now they make the new hill, new landing,” said Jere Kykannen of Finland.

He says his team goes to the gym and has jumps practice. But how do all these skiers get rid of the fear?

"First time it’s always going to be scary. You get really used to it and you just do a lot of jumps," said Mattoon.

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